158 HYPERICACEAE • TERNSTROEMIACEAE 



HYPERICUM— roM^mwerf 



H. Moserianum. i. August-September. E. Stems arching, reddish. Ls, ov., 



2. Fls. 2. Hybrid. 

 H. patulum. 3. August-September. E. Stems arching, purpHsh, 2-edged. 



Ls. ov., 2, the pairs often some distance apart, pointed. Fls. 2. India 



and China. (Fig. 68 b.) 



(h) Fls. with three styles 



H. Androsaemum. Tutsan. 3. July-August. -| E. Stems 2-edged. Ls. ov., 

 4, heart-shaped base, whitish below, slightly aromatic. Fls. J, pale 

 yellow. Europe (including Britain). (Fig. 68 e.) 



*H. Coris. 2. August-September. D. Stems cylindrical. Ls. linear, f, 

 in whorls, margins recurved. Fls. f, in terminal panicles. South 

 Europe. (Fig. 52 f.) 



H. elatum. 5. July-August. | E. Stems slightly 2-edged. Ls. ov., 3, blunt- 

 ended, often with heart-shaped base, aromatic when crushed. Fls. i, 

 sepals reflexed in fruit. Canary Islands. (Fig. 68 c.) 



H. hircinum. 3. August-September. \ E. Stems 2-edged. Ls. ov., lane, 

 2, goat-like smell when crushed. Fls. i, sepals deciduous. South Europe. 



Family 22. TERNSTROEMIACEAE. K5, 6 or 7, C5 or more, A 00, 



Q (3-5) or 3-5 

 Ls. alternate, simple. 



ACTINIDIA. Deciduous climbers with chambered pith. 



A. arguta. 50. June. Stems hairless or nearly so. Ls. ov., 5, abruptly 

 pointed, heart-shaped or rounded at base, margins set with fine bristly 

 teeth, green and bristly on midrib below, long-stalked, stalk often 

 bristly. Fls. f, greenish white, in 3-flowered clusters in 1. -axils. Fruit 

 I, an oblong, greenish-yellow berry. Japan. 



A. chinensis. 25. June. Similar to above, but stems densely hairy. L.-stalk 

 rose-coloured. Fls. li, creamy white. Fruit 2, egg-shaped, hairy, edible. 

 China and Japan. (Fig. 81 f.) 



A. Kolotnikta. Kolomikta Vine. 10. June. Stems hairless or nearly so. 

 Ls. ov., 5, long-pointed, unevenly toothed, often with white or pink blotch 

 at apex of blade. Fls. i, white, fragrant. Fruit i. China and Japan. 



CAMELLIA. Ls. smooth, shiny, and somewhat leathery. Fls. large and showy, 

 solitary or in few-flowered clusters in 1. -axils. 



{a) Sepals five 



C. cuspidata. 6. May. E. Young stems downy. Ls. ov., lane, 3, long- 

 pointed, vaguelv toothed. Fls. i^, white, solitary. West China. (Fig. 

 82 c.) 



*C. Thea [Thea chinensis). Tea Plant. 20. May. E. Ls. ov., lane, 6, blunt- 

 ended, toothed, upper surface somewhat raised between veins. Fls. i\, 

 white, petals rounded. India and China. (Fig. 82 a.) 



{h) Sepals more than five 

 C. japonica. 40. April-May. E. Branchlets hairless. Ls. ov., 4, short- 

 pointed, toothed. Fls. 3, red. Japan. (Fig. 81 G.) 

 Variety Donckelaarii. Ls. lane. Fls. red, double. 

 Numerous other varieties in cultivation with white or red fls. 



